Needed this video when i first started. I think it's a beginner's must watch
@Aightherewego
2 жыл бұрын
I still learned something though. Damn it's a must watch nonetheless
@G_handle
2 жыл бұрын
iZotope! Can I request that you do a Gain Staging Part 2, deep dive reference video in which you lay out the differences between Peak & RMS, how 0dB VU is referenced, -18dbFS RMS, 1.23v, +4dBU, what Nominal levels are, Noise Floor to Nominal vs Nominal to Distortion, Headroom, Dynamic Range, Signal to Noise Ratio, THD (Total Harmonic Distortion). Essentially EXPAND upon what you just did, but more as a Reference Material that everyone can point to and come back to for the definitive explanation of these fundamental audio engineering concepts. You could also expand upon (with visuals) what digital clipping vs analog clipping looks and sounds like, but also include the point in every circuit, or code where a signal goes from linear to non-linear, and how different circuits distort the signal differently. What do those distortions look and sound like? Even order. Odd harmonics. Etc Sam made reference to the fact that many people get Gain Staging confused. I would argue that if someone where to search KZitem and watch the dozens of GS videos, they'd be applauded for Not coming away confused. Hence my humble request. Settle this once and for all!
@Staxmann
6 ай бұрын
😮
@jeremythornton433
Жыл бұрын
When it comes to EQing, I tend to prefer to cut as opposed to add. I can always bring the level up for the whole sound after I have cut. This is the way old passive EQs worked and I like it.
@midsfb
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip I may give this a try
@finnsterling6514
2 жыл бұрын
Holy f*ck. This was awesome. Thanks for clarifying a lot of useful--and helpful!--information!
@maximusprime8021
2 жыл бұрын
Not very useful. All concept. No “How to” as the title says.
@dprokramaz9281
Жыл бұрын
There's a tremendous amount of videos providing great technical advice on how to "professionally master" music, and the "sweetspot" of gain and keeping the audio from "clipping" and distortion, etc. However, I downloaded a bunch of top selling songs from the artists' own KZitem channels and placed them in my DAW and guess what? All the audio tracks from these "top musicians" clipped like crazy - The VU meter literally lived in the red zone. This was especially true for rap, pop, dance music, etc. Moral of the story?: Top artists break music production "rules" whenever they see fit which is often.
@davidmultimedia2024
2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad to confirm i’ve been doing it right all these years! 😅 Excellent video! Couldn’t be clearer! It will definitely help A LOT of people out there!
@Radiokillaz
2 жыл бұрын
I'm also glad to confirm I have been doing it correctly, was taught correctly and am teaching my students correctly 🤣🙏 great video 👍
@jeremythornton433
Жыл бұрын
Me too! To me it just makes sense.
@failsaferecords
Жыл бұрын
you make it all sound fun and interesting. I grasped all this stuff a while ago, but I'll be sending this link to a few of the sound recordists who fire me sessions to mix. This is a 10 min life saver for them, and for me having to deal with their recordings
@nullnull2128
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sam! Excellent breakdown on gain staging.
@SamLoose
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out 😁
@bassManDavis1953
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Sam! Got it and all thanks to your very interesting and valuable presentation! Can’t wait to try it out!
@mohammadtahir3511
Жыл бұрын
All my mixing issues were mentioned in this video and also clearly explained. This video is amazing.🧡
@craftedtunesentertainment5569
Жыл бұрын
Omg! I've been doing it the absolute wrong way for so long. I feel like throwing up 🤦. Thanks Sam.
@FukumanDJ
2 жыл бұрын
Another Sam's Big-masterclass! You rule Sam!
@SamLoose
2 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure 😀
@quantum_ocean
24 күн бұрын
Absolutely brilliant explainer! Thank you so much. I can you you put a lot of work into it. The example where you search for the clipping in the DAW was really helpful. I learned so much.
@iamwe7035
2 жыл бұрын
I know lots of vets that worry about them plug ins before they worry about common sense, I mean gain staging lol😅
@ektabajelok
Жыл бұрын
Need your help. I frequently listen to music or conversations that appear very loud even at a low volume setting of the knob, say 4/10, but whenever I record music myself, reaching 3dB peak in the DAW ,appear very low even at high volume, say 8 or 9/10 when played back. The first mentioned louder song /voice also reaches around 4-5dB in the DAW. Why this difference in loudness with same dB? How can I get a louder song without clipping/distortion not recorded above 3dB. Can we have different LUFS at the same dB?
@kinggizzard8499
Ай бұрын
Wow! Great video explaining quite a lot of key concepts that are easy to grasp for beginners. Thank you! Edit: Better to use the term bit depth rather than bit rate
@guitarsoul1129
Жыл бұрын
Could you please explain about plugins emulating analog hardware which need about -18dBFS at the input? Is this really an issue nowadays?
@distillednoise
Жыл бұрын
Finally a clear video about gain staging which classifies as crap all the other videos about this topic.
@neilmacleod1855
3 ай бұрын
Anybody else low key prefer the sound of the ‘clipping’ drum bus… 👀
@Harrysound
2 ай бұрын
This video is fantastic. I know a lot of this stuff but I often watch these videos to gain that little bit extra understanding and to keep fresh. This was expertly done.
@StanleyKubick1
5 күн бұрын
why you mixing with 12db headroom?
@davidbasscooper9540
Жыл бұрын
this video made it clearer and easy to understand. great video
@AnP865
9 ай бұрын
Shout out to everyone watching this day of deadline and realising their entire project is too loud and fucked up :D
@kutkobain3623
Жыл бұрын
If my signal on one of my clips hitting less than -12 should I turn my clip up until it's hitting at at least -12?
@pastilance1
2 жыл бұрын
Super useful, thanks!
@BenZeebar
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation. Thanks very much.
@terenceedwardnesbit
2 жыл бұрын
Very informative, and makes me feel better about lowering my recording level to minimize noise when recording. Will help in the future, I think.
@JimReuterskiold
Жыл бұрын
A very clear explanation of gain staging. I appreciate the way you define terms; sometimes the jargon and terminology gets past me. Thanks, this channel is going into my arsenal.
@JimPianoGibson
5 ай бұрын
Really clear, really helpful. Thanks.
@mugglywumps5408
3 ай бұрын
Super helpful, thank you!
@beatprocess
Ай бұрын
great video.
@abramtreadwell722
5 ай бұрын
Learned a lot, thank you!
@stephen6272
Жыл бұрын
phenomenal video, dude has a dope voice too
@SamLoose
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@egoobekele
2 жыл бұрын
Leveling the gain stage between -21 to -18 been doing great for me tho, Never had to deal with noise issue.
@EHall-yx9xy
Жыл бұрын
Hey when you mention gainstaging between -21 to -18, are your tracks “peaking” at those numbers?
@OneEyedKing
Жыл бұрын
Great vid
@bhargavdobhal5327
10 ай бұрын
Thank You Izotope very Helpful Video🙌🙌🔥🔥.
@chaosevolution
Жыл бұрын
Biggest issue for me is the sub at
@VMXheperd
Жыл бұрын
nothing new compared to other gain staging videos on KZitem. Just talking and talking without proper visual demonstrations.
@padraig88
Жыл бұрын
Just bought a Tascam Series 208i that comes bundled with Izotope, but Cubase tells me I can no longer use 32 bit plugins, is there/will there be a 64 bit version of iZotope?
@CarlitoProductions
5 ай бұрын
Glad I watched this. Ive been struggling to understand if I always needed to have faders at a specific level and I wasnt clear on the term itself. This was super informative. Thank you for this!
@NICUofficial
Жыл бұрын
helpful to have these organized reminders in one place! I feel like I understand gain staging "intellectually", but there's a more profound level of understanding it intimately and hands-on with your personal gear and recording setup. And I'm still working on that. Long way to go! being a massive electronic music / synth nerd I have WAYYYYY too long of signal chains (ever tried running a high-output digital synth through a chain of 3 analog VCAs and 5 analog compressors? Before it even hits a mixer, effect, or DAC? LOL) so gain staging makes a huge difference to the overall final sound, and therefore gain staging is important for making my intended art always good to study and review it. this was a great explanation of the balancing act! edit: also the logarithmic fader range never occurred to me but I see exactly what you mean! another good thing learned :)
@theinfochannel9357
7 ай бұрын
Thanks to you I now understand what Gain Staging is and how to excite it. THANK YOU SO MUCH Your a GREAT Teacher.
@keenra
5 ай бұрын
Needed this as a refresher, ngl I thought he was saying door instead of DAW for a minute. Accents are fun, thanks for making this video.
@larrycavallucci3258
Жыл бұрын
I'm a "show and tell" guy, so your video made more sense when you showed them working in a DAW. And your 3-PT synopsis at the end was good. I have found that at times when I use Ozone 10 Advanced as my FIRST plugin in the Insert section of a song in the Project Pg, the mastering module in Studio One, I sometimes find that the overall result is too hot.
@AlanSamuel
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you for all thee explanations and advices.
@rastabaldheadrecords110
Жыл бұрын
Very informative and clear... much appreciated 💯🙏🏿
@Yourmom-bl1yx
Жыл бұрын
One of the best explained gain staging videos I have seen… awesome job!
@SamLoose
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Mum 🙂
@Yourmom-bl1yx
Жыл бұрын
@@SamLoose anytime son 😂
@davidpurple3698
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great video. I think you should distinguish between recording/hardware and only using digital plugins.
@cedricfabricante3593
5 ай бұрын
thanks bro
@RockstarRecStudio
Жыл бұрын
@MixbusTv explained this years ago
@stevechandler8847
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining floating point processing and why gain staging install important.
@jellewierda3828
2 жыл бұрын
Please make all your plugins have auto gain! And a way to lower the threshold when using multiband compression in neutron.
@justinsollenne4787
5 ай бұрын
My guyyyyy
@micman1000
Жыл бұрын
Like the straight onto the meat clear and concise explanation ... excellent video. Thanks
@gabrieloyebola7517
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this information, God bless you
@SuperSamsosa
Жыл бұрын
wonderful and comprehensible explanation
@marcellob.8893
Жыл бұрын
Finally, a great explanation, thanks Sam and iZotope!
@popolokross444
Жыл бұрын
you are the first to finally made it clear for me. Thank you, i hope for your continued success
@serenitynow66
Жыл бұрын
😀😀😀😀😀
@ykakoneTS
Жыл бұрын
Very well presented. Thank You!
@PrinceEfue
2 жыл бұрын
So glad I have always done this right all along
@synthoelectro
Жыл бұрын
one day iZotope will create a DAW
@aidantriantafillou2501
Жыл бұрын
That groove was sick! This video has good vibes
@lupiyorro
Жыл бұрын
¡Thanks! now I can see it...
@chubbcurry30
Жыл бұрын
Amazingly helpful!!!
@user-ob9zo9cr4c
2 жыл бұрын
thx
@goldfingers8763
Жыл бұрын
not true , if you use 32 bit you can mix above zero db without distortion and without harming the transients
@PatrickObiang
2 жыл бұрын
Bravo
@joyemojiiboy
2 жыл бұрын
⚡💛👏
@n.k.9964
2 жыл бұрын
Kind of interesting, how there is not a single word about the most important use of gain staging, at least in my opinion: By using plugins without gain compensation: 1. You are fooling your brain with the omnipresent "it's louder, it's better" bias. So your mixing decisions might be not the best without gain staging. 2. You may change the way a plugin in slot B react to the signal, when changing settings at slot A after the inital setup of the fx chain, since a lot of plugins are nowhere near linear. Or is there another term for the points I am describing?
@kcreationkundra2530
2 жыл бұрын
Great
@illestofdemall13
Жыл бұрын
Quietest* not quiet is.
@MendingSilence
6 ай бұрын
Can you help me with my one project I have trouble balancing the tracks
@RocknRollkat
Жыл бұрын
Well thought through presentation, thank you. The average user would benefit from some start-to-finish examples, but overall, well done. Personally, I record old-school style, everything near 0 dB FS for the best S/N ratio. It takes a bit more care when using plugins, but I'd rather have a 96 dB dynamic range than an 84 dB range offered by those -12 dB levels. I'm offered 16 bits, I feel obligated to use 'em all. (-12 dB means you're using only 14 of those 16 bits.) Best regards, Bill P.
@wwlittlejOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
Good video, but Sams vocals were WAY too loud. Kinda hard to trust a vid about gain staging when the video had mixing issues, lol
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